an informal US name for the Mafia (1) or other powerful criminal groups. It was first used to refer to a criminal organization run by Albert Anastasia and Louis ‘Lepke’ Buchalter in Brooklyn , New York, during the Great Depression .
MURDER, INC
Meaning of MURDER, INC in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005